Disney's partially completed cruise ship purchase was reportedly acquired at a bargain price

Nov 30, 2022 in "The Walt Disney Company"

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Disney Cruise Line Announces Acquisition of Ship

Posted: Wednesday November 30, 2022 8:12pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Further details are now surfacing around Disney's recent acquisition of a partially completed ship to join the Disney Cruise Line Fleet.

Disney is reportedly buying the Global Dream for just 40 million Euro

Disney announced in mid-November 2022 that it had purchased the ship previously known as the Global Dream in Wismar, Germany.

According to a report by capital.de, Disney purchased the "Global Dream" at a hugely discounted price of just 40 million Euro ($41 million). The original price was closer to 1.8 billion Euro, and the ship is 75% complete.

The report also says that Disney will assume all risk with the conversion of the ship, and will have no warranty claims on the ship. Disney is expected to spend just under 1 billion Euros to finish the ship which is expected to set sail in 2025.

Disney has said that the new ship will be based outside the United States and will travel to new global destinations.

“Our cruise ships give us the unique opportunity to bring Disney magic to fans no matter where they are, and the addition of this ship will make a Disney Cruise Line vacation accessible to more families than ever before,” said Josh D’Amaro, chairman, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.

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abaker19752 days ago

I think 4 days looks about right to get a good chance at enjoying the ship. I am 50/50 on if this looks like a thing for me. So many places in South East Asia I think I would rather spend time at, plus if I was craving some Disney Theme Park in the area would much rather go to Hong Kong or Tokyo rather than a limiting Theme Park at Sea.

C33Mom14 days ago

We are definitely going to sail but it’s very hard to justify 6+ days (after dragging my kids across the world) in a Disney bubble. I’m hoping it will be like the RCCL cruises out of Singapore where there’s more local food options and a lot of Mandarin used on the ship…but even still, 7 days is a lot of time that could be spent in Singapore itself, or Bali, or Bangkok, etc.

Indy_UK15 days ago

Ive listened to a couple of DCL podcasts the last week or so and they all seem to confirm that this will be 3 and 4 nights at Sea cruises with no port stops. For me I would rather they did it as a 7 night rather than having to do a back to back in order to do all on the ship but I get for a new region why they want to quickly turn people over on the shorter cruises.

abaker197515 days ago

Agree - they seem to have gone the "floating" theme park route for this ship. Kind of makes the Wish class look boring. However, no word yet on if this ship will visit anywhere or just be a cruise to "nowhere" with the ship only being the attraction.

C33Mom23 days ago

So we had planned to take our kids to Australia for the first time Christmas 2025, with a stop in Tokyo on the way out and a long layover in HK on the way back…. After the Marvel Landing announcement I now need to rearrange EVERYTHING to work this into our antipodian adventure. At least they are short sailings…but I already find it stressful to do Wish in 3 days with so many options, no idea how we can accomplish everything on this ship in that time.

DCBaker23 days ago

Here's a look at the coaster on land: First and exclusive look at the roller coaster of the new Disney Adventure. Originally built for the Global Dream in 2020, the roller coaster has now been repainted and will be rebuilt for testing purposes in fall 2024. After the Disney Adventure float out in 2025, the roller coaster will be installed on deck. With a length of 303 m, it will be the longest roller coaster on a cruise ship.

SplashJacket24 days ago

Didn’t realize the original ship had a coaster (same as the one Disney is keeping).

Indy_UK24 days ago

I know they've just reworked the ship to make it Disney but what they offering on this ship sounds far more exciting than the current Wish class

Andrew C24 days ago

Reminds me of Oasis/Icon class ships from RCL...except Disney

Disney Analyst24 days ago

A lot of announcements today.

IanDLBZF24 days ago

We have a first sailing date for the ship: 12/15/2025

peter11435Aug 21, 2024

Yes

C33MomAug 20, 2024

I wonder if they will also use it for meet and greets and other activities that are currently held in the atriums on the existing ships.

DisoneAug 20, 2024

It's definitely going to be used as a performance venue. I believe specifically for The avengers show. So that's why there is not anything in the middle because that's where the audience is going to be, facing the stage.